7. Activate subtitles patch by editing file vdr-1.4.*/debian/patches/00list. Remove comments from the following lines:
opt-27_subtitles-ttxtsubs
opt-27-x_subtitles-ttxtsubs-volumebar-fix
You can also activate other patches, but be careful as they might conflict each other.

/etc/default/vdr
VIDEO_DIR="/path/to/video" # change default path to save recordings
USER=your_username_which_is_running_X_session # use this only to configure remote control keys via sxfe, comment out for normal use

/etc/vdr/plugins/plugin.xineliboutput.conf
--local=none # disable sxfe access, consider enabling if you have a dedicated VDR box
--remote=37890 # add network support in order to access it via xine player
--primary # first time starting use --local=sxfe --remote=none to configure remote control keys